“Immigrants on the fence, expulsions and a game of golf."
/Reuters picked up a powerful image by activist José Palazón of the rights group Pro.De.In Melilla showing a golfer hitting a tee shot as African migrants crawl over a border fence during an attempted move into Spanish territories between Morocco and Spain's Melilla.
It's a powerful image explained by Palazon in this Guardian piece:
“It seemed like a good moment to take a photo that was a bit more symbolic. The photo reflects the situation really well – the differences that exist here and all the ugliness that is happening here,” he told El País newspaper.
Each year thousands of Africans – many of whom have spent years travelling across north and sub-Saharan Africa – try to reach Europe by making it past the fortified fence that separates Morocco from the Spanish enclaves of Melilla and Ceuta. Many of them spend months living in makeshift camps on the Moroccan side, waiting for the opportunity to rush the fence.